Murdoch, meet Hitler: The best News of the World coverage

It’s the kind of story that would’ve made a ripping read in News of the World. It has all the key ingredients for a holy grail story—secrets, politics, royalty, underhand dealings and plenty of cash changing hands—and yet the ultimate paper to nab such a story closed on Sunday after it was made public that British tabloid paper used illegal phone hacking to get exclusives on a murder victim, just one example of many that been made public in the last week.

As the final issue was released on Sunday morning, it was alleged that News of the World may have used phone hacking on 9/11 victims, and possibly victims of the London bombings too.

At the centre of the scandal is media mogul Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation. As the man who increasingly appears to have the whole world in his hands, the most poignant coverage of the drama this week has questioned Murdoch’s hold on not just his media organisations, but politicians and even those not connected to him but too afraid to speak out for fear of his wrath in the press.

Here are our picks for some of the best coverage we've seen, complete with NotW-style headlines: